Looking at DEVELOPMENT AND DONORS: Essays from Nepal

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Chautari Book Series 64


Devendra Raj Panday
Edited by Seira Tamang
First edition 2011 (2067 v.s.)
Page: 419  Price: 500
ISBN: 978-9937-8389-2-4

Looking at Development and Donors is a collection of essays written by Dr Devendra Raj Panday over a span of almost 27 years on the topic of development, foreign aid and donors. Despite, or perhaps because of, the many avatars that the author has taken over this period – Nepal’s head of the foreign aid division and finance secretary in the 1970s, finance minister in the first post-1990 interim democratic government, development specialist and a leading figure in civil society today – the essays display a remarkable consistency. His writings offer penetrating critiques of changes in the development world and their effects on Nepal, Nepali elites, development, democracy, civil society and notions of what is political. The cumulative critique of development and foreign aid in this volume emphasizes the importance of thinking anew the basic questions of why Nepal has not developed and the complex historical and current intended and unintended consequences of foreign aid.

Devendra Raj Panday, PhD, is a former finance secretary and finance minister of Nepal. He is best known for his civic and scholarly work in support of democracy, inclusive development and transparent governance. He is a leader of the loose network, Citizens’ Movement for Democracy and Peace, which spearheaded the Jana Andolan II during 2005–06. He has authored many articles and books including the popular Nepal’s Failed Development: Reflections on the Mission and the Maladies (2009[1999]).

 
Contents

Acknowledgements    viii
Introduction: The Imperative of Learning from the Past     1
Seira Tamang

Chapter 1
Past, Present and Future of Development and Aid in Nepal    7

Panchayat Period
Chapter 2
Economic Performance in South Asia: Why is Nepal an Exception?     61

Chapter 3
Foreign Aid in Nepal’s Development: An Overview        67

Chapter 4
Management for Economic Development in Nepal: Some Institutional Issues 98

1990 Democratic Era
Chapter 5
Nepal’s Development Efforts: Problems and Prospects    116

Chapter 6
Development NGOs at the Grassroots        131

Chapter 7
The Enigma of Aid    140

Chapter 8
Statement by Devendra Raj Panday, Minister of Finance,  Nepal to the Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries    146

Chapter 9
Poverty and Growth: Back to the Basics    155

Chapter 10
Social Democracy in the Emerging Global Order:  Problems and Prospects for Nepal  161

Chapter 11
In the Name of Development    191

The Year 2000 and Beyond
Chapter 12
Matching Democracy and Development Policymaking in  an Aid-Dependent Country: An Illustration from Nepal   205

Chapter 13   
Foreign Aid and Liberalization: External Response to an Internal Memo     217

Chapter 14
Can Aid Conditionality Help Governance Reform in Needy Countries?    229

Chapter 15
Enabling Civil Society to Combat Corruption in Nepal and South Asia: Some Thoughts on the Role of Donors    240

Chapter 16
Transparency in Development Aid: Towards a Mutual Accountability System?    262

Chapter 17
Technical Cooperation and Institutional Capacity-Building for Development: Back to the Basics    277

Chapter 18
Democracy and Human Development: A Review in Nepali Perspective     309

Chapter 19   
Development Partnership for Greater Aid Effectiveness    324

Chapter 20
Role of Donors, Political Leadership and Civil Society in Governance: Some Experience and Insights from Nepal    347


Chapter 21
Democracy, Donors and Diplomats    361

Chapter 22
Social Movement, Civil Society and  Regime Change in Nepal     365

Chapter 23
Role of the Civil Society and International Cooperation in the Peace Process in Nepal      382

Chapter 24
Lessons on Aid Effectiveness        407

References        412

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